Chapter 942 This is a show (seeking a monthly ticket)
"Fifty thousand gold gambling?" Li Qi looked at Qin Hui in surprise and asked in confusion: "What do you mean?"
Qin Hui explained: "As my lord, the envoys of the two Byzantine countries have chartered the gambling boat of Hongwan Gambling House, and invited the envoys of other countries to gamble on the boat tomorrow night, but the precondition is that they must spend 50,000 yuan to gamble.
Ben, in addition, they also announced that no matter who can come up with at least 50,000 yuan of gambling credits, they can board the ship to participate."
Isn't this too rich? Li Qi smiled and said: "It's a bit interesting. But why did they do this?"
Qin Hui hesitated for a moment, but finally said nothing.
Is there something fishy in it? Li Qi raised his eyebrows and said, "Don't you know that too?"
Qin Hui was extremely uncertain and said: "There is no conclusive evidence. It's all just the official's conjecture."
"Your conjecture is probably the truth. Come on, don't hide it." Li Qi waved his hand and said impatiently. He thought, if you don't want to say it, just say you don't know.
That's it, I really have to be a bitch and build a memorial arch at the same time. I hate this the most.
Little did he know that this was his favorite trick.
Qin Hui still seemed a little worried, and said: "Then---then I'll just tell you."
Li Qi clicked his tongue and said: "Xiao Qin, when did you become like a woman, mother-in-law and mother-in-law."
Qin Hui had long been accustomed to Li Qi's way of saying things, and said truthfully: "This matter may have happened because of adults."
"Because of me?"
This answer surprised Li Qi.
Qin Hui nodded and said: "Your Excellency met with envoys from Goryeo and Dali in the past few days, but he ignored the envoys from the Western Regions. This may have angered them, so they opened this gambling game. They came up with this idea.
"
Li Qi frowned when he heard this and said: "Can this also anger them? Damn it! Are they all children?"
Qin Hui said: "Your Excellency may not know something. The envoys from the Western Regions are all very arrogant. Your Excellency did this without giving them enough explanation. This will make them feel that Your Excellency despises them, and Your Excellency put them in Goryeo.
After Dali, this is also intolerable to them."
They are thousands of miles away from me in the Song Dynasty. Water far away cannot save the fire close by. Of course, I will pick the important ones first. As an official, I have always dealt with things rather than people. It seems that they still lack understanding of me. Li
Qi nodded and said: "Okay, even if that's the case, then tell me. Is this what they mean by opening this gambling bureau?"
Qin Hui frowned and said: "In my opinion, their move is nothing more than to show their strength to outsiders, and they also want to tell you that you did not pay attention to them, which is your loss. In addition, they may also think of a way
Let me lure you aboard, my lord, to---"
At this point, he stopped, and the implication was nothing more than telling Li Qi that they just want to humiliate you and use their methods to repay others.
Li Qi snorted: "Childish! Isn't it just 50,000 guan---." As soon as he said the beginning, he paused, frowned and said: "50,000 guan is not a lot!"
Qin Hui nodded and said: "Obviously they decided on this number after discussion. Although the envoys from other countries also brought large sums of money, it all belonged to their countries and was used to purchase goods from our country, the Song Dynasty.
Going back does not belong to them. Fifty thousand yuan is by no means a small sum, and no one dares to embezzle it privately. Dashi is different from Byzantium. Almost all of them are nobles from their country, and some of them have money. This time
I came here with enough money, so I don’t care about this little money at all.”
Li Qi hummed and said: "Although there are many rich people in Song Dynasty, there are many who can afford 50,000 guan, but no one dares to take 50,000 guan on the gambling table easily."
Qin Hui said: "It makes sense that envoys from other countries would not go, but after all, this happened in our Song Dynasty. If no one in our Song Dynasty dared to challenge, wouldn't we tell people from other countries that our Song Dynasty is not as good as them? They are like this."
The move is quite ruthless."
He reminded Li Qi about this matter more than once, but Li Qi turned a deaf ear to it and didn't care at all. He still complained a little about Li Qi in his heart.
Li Qi nodded and said: "Yes! In the end, the court will still come forward, then---"
Qin Hui said: "Only your Excellency takes action."
Li Qi thought for a while, shook his head and said: "That's not necessarily true. The Hong family, the Taiwei, the Grand Master, the British Duke, the Prince of Guangyang and others all have this strength, and they are all face-saving people. In fact, if we want to talk about it,
No one in the world can compare to me, Da Song, in terms of saving face. Haha, you still underestimate them. What they did is definitely not just revenge."
In Byzantium, there were quite a few Jews among the merchants of Dashi, and all of them were thinking very fast. When Li Qi faced them, he felt a little uneasy in his heart.
Qin Hui asked curiously: "Do they have another purpose?"
Li Qidao: "This is a show."
Qin Hui asked in confusion: "A show?"
Li Qi nodded and said: "Actually, business can be divided into stages. In the initial stage of business, you must shout out and let more people know about you. If you are unknown, you will definitely fail. But when your
When your business reaches a certain scale, peers will start to pay attention to you. At this time, you should keep a low profile, which is the so-called silently making a fortune. However, when you have considerable strength, others will not dare to look down upon you.
If you don't dare to deal with you rashly, you can start to show your strong strength. Only the stronger you are, the more others will fear you, and you can also attract more partners. As for the last stage
Well, that means that nothing can make any waves in your heart, and you can just talk and laugh, and everything will turn into ashes."
Qin Hui pondered for a moment and said: "My lord, what you mean is that they are using this to promote themselves, so that we, the Song Dynasty, can seek more cooperation?" But in his heart, he thought, if business is like this, how can being an official be different?
Li Qi nodded and said, "How did the people react to this matter?"
"Everyone is talking about it now."
"That means he's half successful. Now it's up to us who can step up and help them finish the play."
At this moment, Mrs. Qin suddenly walked in and said curiously: "Li Qi, it would be nice if you were here. What does this invitation letter mean?" She said and handed over an invitation letter.
Li Qi was stunned for a while, then took it and took a look, then smiled bitterly and said: "It seems they are really here for me."
It turned out that this invitation letter was from the envoy of Dashi, inviting Mrs. Qin to board the ship to participate in the gambling game. Since they were able to find Mrs. Qin, it was impossible not to know that the real owner of Zuixianju was Li Qi, but the invitation letter did not mention Li Qi.
Qi didn't mention it at all, it was obviously intentional.
Mrs. Qin frowned and said, "Coming for you? This big food businessman has only been in the capital for a few days. You have offended them."
Oops! I forgot that there is a woman here who is most afraid of trouble. Li Qi rolled his eyes and said: "Madam, how could you think so? I am not afraid to tell you that these businessmen have tried to bribe me many times, but I have failed.
I sternly refused, and now they want to deliberately lose money to me through gambling. The method is extremely clever and hard to guard against. Fortunately, I am smart and can see through their tricks at a glance. I didn't know that they persisted and persevered. In fact, they wanted to take advantage of this.
Invited me."
Qin Hui listened. He admired Li Qi very much. He had the urge to believe this lie. It was so perfect, but he had seen Li Qi accepting bribes countless times before. It was really hard to believe it.
Li Qiyou is so noble and upright.
Mrs. Qin never asked about these matters, and she was not suspicious at all. She nodded and said: "In that case, you'd better not be subtle, so as not to cause more troubles."
Li Qi immediately promised: "You don't have to say this, of course I won't give them the slightest chance for such illegal things!"
Seeing Li Qi's decisive reply, Mrs. Qin had no doubts. Seeing that Qin Hui was also there, Mrs. Qin didn't say much, said "Sorry!" and left.
As soon as she stepped out, Qin Hui immediately asked: "Sir, are you really not going?"
Sweating! I'm not a god of gambling. This thing most likely depends on luck. I generally don't dare to be interested in businesses that are uncertain. Li Qi smiled and said: "Of course I won't go. If I go, I won't play into their hands."
Well. Moreover, fifty thousand dollars is really not a small amount, and my money has been very tight recently. If I don’t go, I won’t go. By the way, you’ve been talking for so long and you haven’t said what kind of gambling method they use?”
"Uh...it's said to be Stud!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard an angry roar outside the door, and another person said: "How can this not make sense? How can it not make sense!"
Li Qi couldn't help but look at Qin Hui.
After a while, I saw a group of people walking outside. The three leaders were Zhao Huan, Gao Qiu, and Bai Shizhong, followed by Hong Bajin, Geng Nanzhong and others. The one who spoke just now was Gao Qiu, who could control Brother Qiu.
With such anger, Li Qi has only seen Gao Yanei with such ability in the world today.
"Those brown monkeys are really bullying."
Gao Qiu didn't care about Zhao Huan's presence. As soon as he came in, he sat on the seat on the right, banged the table and said angrily. Zhao Huan also sat on the left majestically, but his face didn't look very good either.
Brown-haired monkey? This name is a bit novel. Li Qi had already stood up and given up his seat. He stood aside and asked cautiously: "Captain, what happened?"
Gao Qiu glanced at him angrily and said, "This happened all because of you, and you still come to ask me?"
Is it also because of the gambling? Li Qi pretended not to know: "It's because of me? What does the captain mean by this?"
Qin Hui almost stopped laughing when he heard this. Just after he finished speaking, you were pretending to be stupid again.
Bai Shizhong frowned and said, "Li Qi, are you really ignorant, or are you pretending not to know."
Li Qi shook his head and said with a confused look: "My father-in-law, I really don't know."
Gao Qiu glanced at him suspiciously, then suddenly glanced to the side, rolling his eyes so hard that he could hardly move them down. He waved his hand and said, "Qin Hui, what are you telling him about?"
Qin Hui groaned and looked around, sweating profusely.
It was obvious that Brother Qiu was plotting against him. If he said it, wouldn't it be exposing Li Qi's lies?
Gao Qiu hummed in displeasure.
On the left is the boss, and on the right is the boss's boss. It's hard to be the younger brother! No matter how smart Qin Hui is, he still feels a little overwhelmed when faced with this situation. He pondered for a while, and then said: "My lord, I want to be the captain."
It may be about the gambling game set up by the envoys of Dashi."
This guy is indeed smart. Li Qi was secretly happy and said in surprise: "Really? Lieutenant, is this what you were talking about?"
The two of them sang in harmony, and Gao Qiu felt really helpless.
Zhao Huan didn't care. He looked at Li Qi with a smile in his eyes and said, "So, you know about this?"
Li Qi nodded and said, "I've heard a little bit about it."
Zhao Huandao: "Then how do you plan to deal with it?"
"Response?" Li Qi said blankly: "What response?"
"Aren't you going to take part in this bet?"
Li Qi honestly said: "I have no such plan! Just now I told my wife that I wouldn't go."
Zhao Huan was surprised and said: "Aren't you going?"
"Don't go!"
"Why?"
Li Qi opened his hands and said frankly: "I don't have that much money!"
PS: Master Li is not lying when he says he has no money. It’s the end of the month and the hard life of the Moonlight Clan is about to begin. Could you please dig through your wallets and see if you can find a monthly ticket?
If you have any stuff, please help Master Li. He is really poor! If you don’t have a monthly pass, a recommended ticket will do.